Quincy Medical Center goes smoke-free

Quincy Medical Center has become a completely smoke-free campus. The teaching hospital had been smoke-free on the inside since 1989, but has decided to extend the ban to the entire property.

The Patriot Ledger

Quincy Medical Center has become a completely smoke-free campus. The teaching hospital had been smoke-free on the inside since 1989, but has decided to extend the ban to the entire property.

“I believe this is the right course to take for our patients, our visitors, our employees and our community,” said Dr. Gary W. Gibbons, president and CEO of QMC. “Quincy Medical Center is dedicated to promoting the health and well-being of its staff, patients and visitors, and smoking goes against everything we do here. We understand that smokers who are affected by this change may need our support and our goal is to help them adapt.”

The ban was extended to send the message that smoking is detrimental to health and the leading cause of preventable illnesses and deaths in the United States.